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|firstname=Michael | |firstname=Michael | ||
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|offeredservicesdetails=I serve as an interpreter for many of the lamas from Ka Nying Shedrub Ling when they lead programs at different Gomdes. I have worked most closely with Lama Tenzin Sangpo, but also served at length with Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Tsultrim Sangpo, and Khenpo Urgyen Tenphel. I also live at Gomde CA and help them to keep the center running and to set up programs. | |offeredservicesdetails=I serve as an interpreter for many of the lamas from Ka Nying Shedrub Ling when they lead programs at different Gomdes. I have worked most closely with Lama Tenzin Sangpo, but also served at length with Tsangsar Tulku Rinpoche, Lama Tsultrim Sangpo, and Khenpo Urgyen Tenphel. I also live at Gomde CA and help them to keep the center running and to set up programs. | ||
|othercommunitywork=I have also published translations on various topics with outfits like Lotsawa House, Samye Translations, and Khyentse Vision Project. | |||
|retreatduration=42 | |||
|StartFunding=2026-06-15 | |||
|EndFunding=2029-12-31 | |||
|costestimateCurrency=EUR | |||
|costestimate=32250 | |||
|requestedamountCurrency=EUR | |||
|requestedamount=32250 | |||
|othermoney=My father is likely willing to provide some support if necessary, and I have secured roughly 1000 dollars in support from fellow sangha members as of the submission of this application. | |||
|letterofmotivation=My motivation for participating in this retreat is, as is the case with all practice, to gain the highest realization I can manage for the benefit of all beings, as far as space pervades. More tangibly, I am also thrilled to be able to offer my interpretation services to Lama Tenzin and my fellow retreatants, so that we may all achieve this goal together during this precious time. I have done what I can to orient my life and lifestyle to serving and practicing the Dharma and my gurus in this way, and I can think of no better opportunity to fulfill this lifelong ambition. | |||
When the current group of retreatants sealed their boundary in 2022, I asked Kyabje Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche if I may also do retreat someday. His response seemed to indicate this might be a prospect for future lives: “Someday, not now.” He said at first. As such, I imagined I was doing little more than keeping the tendrel alive by asking his permission in November of 2024, and was surprised and overjoyed to hear him say that he would be “extremely happy if [I] could do retreat, since practice is the best offering we can possibly make to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas… and also me.” | |||
This news came a scant 24 hours after Drubpon Lama Tenzin Sangpo gently implored I participate. Over dinner one night in the upper house at Gomde Pyrenees, I casually asked him how he would structure the forthcoming retreat, mistakenly believing that it would be based on the cycle of Tara’s Triple Excellence. | |||
“No, same as now,” he responded, “also Kunzang Tuktik.” | |||
My interest piqued, as I feel a close connection to this cycle in particular, and have been accumulating its ngondro practices for just over 2 years now. Perhaps Lama Tenzin detected this, because his entire demeanor also shifted. | |||
“One year ngondro,” he said his wide eyes expanding to occupy what seemed like nearly half his face. “One year sadhana, and one year Dzogchen practices. I heard you were coming for three-year retreat soon, is that true?” | |||
I was nonplussed, as I hadn’t previously imagined that such a perfect practice and service opportunity could present itself so abruptly. Lama Tenzin then continued to explain the importance of not putting practice off until later, and emphasized that given the age of my parents and my Guru, this particular span of three years was uncannily timed to make the best use of both my time and theirs, before we all get too old to act as we currently do. | |||
I believe that Lama Tenzin is right, as he always is, and although the prospect is intimidating, I would be a miserable fool not to avail myself of what my kind teachers have done for me here. I am determined to follow through with this with every fiber of my being, and I would very gladly appreciate your help in overcoming the financial difficulties posed by having no more than a year to plan and save for this purpose. | |||
|FileHaveAcceptLetterUpld=2025-07-23_Michael_Yarnell_-_Acceptance_Letter.pdf | |||
|AcceptLetterAuthorFirst=Lama Tenzin | |||
|AcceptLetterAuthorLast=Sangpo | |||
|AcceptLetterPhone=+33 780065287 | |||
|FileHaveRetreatBudgCostUpld=2025-07-23_Michael_Yarnell_-_Retreat_Costs.pdf | |||
|CostLetterAuthorFirst=Mikk | |||
|CostLetterAuthorLast=Tamme | |||
|CostLetterPhone=+3725531133 | |||
|FileHaveEligibilityDocsUpld=2025-02-19_Michael_Yarnell_-_Eligibility_Requirements.pdf | |||
|FileHaveCVUpld=2025-01-31_Michael_Yarnell_-_CV_Resume.pdf | |||
|FileHaveDharmaCVUpld=2025-01-31_Michael_Yarnell_-_Dharma_Resume.pdf | |||
|FileHavePhotoUpld=2025-02-19_Michael_Yarnell_-_Photo.jpg | |||
|FileHaveDescriptFinSitUpld=2025-02-8_Michael_Yarnell_-_Financial_Situation.pdf | |||
|recom1NameFirst=Lama Tenzin | |||
|recom1NameLast=Sangpo | |||
|recom1Relate=Lama, Mentor | |||
|recom2NameFirst=Graham | |||
|recom2NameLast=Sunsthein | |||
|recom2Relate=Friend and Mentor | |||
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